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Basic information established for European
Strategic Research Agenda on soil,
land-use and land management
The report that concludes the first year’s activities of the INSPIRATION project is now available. The report contains a review and syntheses of information on research demands on soil, land-use and land management as well as on science-policy-interface and funding options. This information is obtained for more than 17 European states and was collated via a truly bottom-up, participatory process, engaging in total 374 stakeholders in interviews (see figure) and 468 in workshops. The information will now be synthesized to define a shared European Strategic Research Agenda as well as options for its funding and execution. The report is publicly available via the INSPIRATION website.
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From the Swedish Geotechnical Institute (SGI)
Yvonne Ohlsson is the National Focal Point for Sweden which decided to join INSPIRATION on its own budget. She explains in this interview what motivated SGI to join INSPIRATION and in what INSPIRATION could benefit from SGI. She also describes some topics of interest for Sweden in link with INSPIRATION’s themes.
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CoreGroup Meeting in Berlin
The INSPIRATION Core Group – which is basically the management board of the consortium consisting of the Work Package and Theme Leaders – met in Berlin in mid-March to review the current project progress and to plan the next steps. Amongst others, the focus was put on the organization of the up-coming annual meeting and stakeholder event at the University of Algarve in Faro, Portugal in June 2016. Here, next to the consortium partners from 17 countries, more than 60 key stakeholders and the IAB will join.
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INSPIRATION Conceptual Model
In order to structure the diverse topics of importance for a Strategic Research Agenda for soil, land-use changes and land management in Europe, INSPIRATION uses a Conceptual Model. It identifies four perspectives under which cross-country and trans-sectoral research needs will be identified from the collated information on national knowledge gaps. INSPIRATION's Conceptual Model (see figure) expresses the view that sustainable land management must balance the demand of ressources for societal use with what nature offers as natural capital. Therefore, these two perspectives are important lenses to identify common research areas. However, actual decisions take place in practice considering available rules, information and support tools - the land management perspective is investigating how to support more efficient choices. As a fourth perspective, regional, European and global impacts of the decision making are investigated.
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INSPIRATION started tweeting
INSPIRATION has its own twitter account. Follow us and keep up with news from the project and other soil and land use management topics from across Europe and beyond. We may even follow you back!
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INSPIRATION participation to Geography seminar of Czech Academy
Partners from the Institute of Geonics (IGN) presented INSPIRATION during an academic seminar at the Czech Academy of Sciences in October 2015. The meeting was entitled "Specifics of urban spatial development in the Czech Republic from the perspective of INSPIRATION topics".
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INSPIRATION
at FACCE-JPI session
Stephan Bartke participated on behalf of INSPIRATION at the event "International soil research - Opportunities for synergy and cooperation with FACCE-JPI" that took place in the framework of the European Commission's DG Agri conference "Designing the path: A strategic approach to EU agricultural research & innovation", which was held from 26 to 28 January 2016 in Brussels.
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Exchange with NICOLE network
In November 2015, INSPIRATION was invited by the Industry Group of the NICOLE network to introduce INSPIRATION. NICOLE Industry Group members then discussed their own research needs and communicated these back. INSPIRATION is seeking an exchange with different networks to promote a Strategic Research Agenda for soils, lamd use and land management.
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INSPIRATION participation to Dutch "Bodem breed Symposium"
Partners from Deltares presented INSPIRATION at the "Bodem breed" Symposium in a session "Underground crossing the border: knowledge and opportunities for collaboration".
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DELTARES participation to MAES Delivery workshop in Brussels
Jos Brils from the Dutch INSPIRATION partner Deltares participated at the MAES Delivery workshop in Brussels.
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